Dawson Army Airfield
3G5 · Camp Dawson (Kingwood), West Virginia · Preston County · map
Dawson Army Airfield is a private airport owned by the US Army Aeronautical Svcs Agency in Camp Dawson (Kingwood), West Virginia, 1,265 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 4,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (Jet A with additives).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3G5
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Army
- Owner
- US Army Aeronautical Svcs Agency
- Elevation
- 1,265 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- Jet A with additives; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 4,500 × 50 ft | Asphalt | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: threshold displaced 650 ft
- Runway 23: threshold displaced 350 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- Jet A with additives
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Morgantown Muni/Walter L Bill Hart Field (16 nm northwest), Garrett County (17 nm northeast), Fairmont Muni-Frankman Field (23 nm west), Philippi/Barbour County Regional (25 nm southwest).
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Morgantown Muni/Walter L Bill Hart Field (16 nm northwest), Garrett County (17 nm northeast), North Central West Virginia Airport (28 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in West Virginia · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Mountain close on all sides of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lightss runway 05 and 23; low-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 05 and 23 out of service.
- Airport closed to all fixed wing aircraft over 12500 pounds.
- Power lines 2 NM northeast and northwest.
- Prior permission required from adjutant general WV NG for civil operations.
- Open daylight hours.
- Crane 1565 (300 above ground level) 1500 east aer 32 unlighted.
- Fuel prior permission required C304-791-4070 a++.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Camp Dawson (Kingwood) from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Camp Dawson (Kingwood), WV as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in West Virginia 423 since 1982 · 53 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in West Virginia 32 landing places
- West Virginia 886 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/3G5.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 30, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.